Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to host the Los Angeles Portfolio Day on January 15, 2017 from 12-4pm!

Bring your portfolio for an informal review by representatives from art and design schools, and learn about their programs of study. Portfolio Day events are held across the country, high school students, parents, teachers, guidance counselors and college transfer students are encouraged to attend.

In acoustical engineering, “tuning the room” is a technique for measuring the specific sound properties of an enclosed space and then adapting the environment to improve its acoustic reflections. New York-based artist Anna Craycroft applies this technique both literally and metaphorically to the Ben Maltz Gallery for her exhibition Tuning the Room. Craycroft’s exhibition asks that we consider how the specific characteristics of an environment shape our experience within it, and how we become attuned in return.

Robin Coste Lewis won the National Book Award for Voyage of the Sable Venus. Her writing has appeared in The Massachusetts Review, Callaloo, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, Transition: Women in Literary Arts, VIDA, Phantom Limb, and Lambda Literary Review. She has taught at Wheaton, Hunter, Hampshire, and the NYU Low-Residency MFA in Paris. Lewis is a fellow of Cave Canem and of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, as well as a Provost’s Fellow in Poetry and Visual Studies at USC.

Solmaz Sharif’s first collection, Look, was recently published by Graywolf Press and is a 2016 National Book Award finalist. Her poetry has appeared in the New Republic, Granta, Poetry, and other journals. Her first collection, Look, was recently published by Graywolf Press. A former Stegner Fellow, she is currently a lecturer at Stanford University and lives in the Bay Area.

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The U.S. Government regulations governing J-1 visa status require health insurance coverage for the J-1 and each J-2 dependent. This coverage must be in effect during the period of time you remain in the U.S., and must meet the minimum requirements. Health insurance in the United States is primarily a private industry with a variety of options for coverage and cost. The Department of State has established minimum requirements for insurance that are designed to protect the exchange visitor and his/her family. To read about health insurance please download J-Visa Insurance Information PDF

Insurance Requirements

Sponsors shall require each exchange visitor to have insurance in effect which covers the J visitor for sickness or accident during the period of time that you remain in the U.S. The insurance policy must meet the following requirements:

medical benefits of at least $50,000 per accident or illness;

repatriation of remains in the amount of $7,500;

expenses associated with medical evacuation of the exchange visitor to his or her home country in the amount of $10,000; and

a deductible not to exceed $500 per accident or illness.

An insurance policy secured to fulfill the requirements above may require a waiting period for pre-existing conditions which is reasonable as determined by current industry standards and may include provision for co-insurance under the terms of which the visiting scholar may be required to pay up to 25 percent of the covered benefits per accident or illness.

It is your responsibility to confirm with the insurance company that they meet these criteria. As an alternative to the above ratings, the insurance coverage must be backed by the full faith and credit of your home country government.

There are many health insurance companies in the U.S. that provide adequate health insurance for international visitors. Below are examples of health insurance companies that offer policies tailored to the needs and requirements for international scholars and visiting students. Otis College of Art and Design does not endorse any particular policy and we encourage international scholars to research the best policy for themselves and their families.

Additional health insurance information is available through the following insurance brokers: